detained

/dɪˈteɪnd/

adj 2

Collocations

ADJ.

all, federal, pending, suspect, trial, young

VERB + DETAINED

guards, police, remained, store

DETAINED + NOUN

anything, boston, day, fbi, human, men

PREP.

in, than

ADV.

finally, unavoidably

adj

Delayed or held back; kept from proceeding.

The detained train finally arrived hours late.

Held in custody or confinement.

He remained detained pending trial.

The detained train finally arrived hours late.

Wiktionary

He remained detained pending trial.

Wiktionary

My boss detained me more than 30 minutes.

Tatoeba · #268316

Live as though only God and yourself were in this world, so that your heart may not be detained by anything human.

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Tom was detained for questioning.

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Tom was detained by the police.

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